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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • TV Series
  • 1992–2014
  • TV-14
  • 1h 2m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
11K
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Jay Leno in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
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Jay Leno takes over the Tonight Show with interview, sketches, and plenty of laughs.Jay Leno takes over the Tonight Show with interview, sketches, and plenty of laughs.Jay Leno takes over the Tonight Show with interview, sketches, and plenty of laughs.

  • Stars
    • Jay Leno
    • Kevin Eubanks
    • Edd Hall
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    11K
    YOUR RATING
    • Stars
      • Jay Leno
      • Kevin Eubanks
      • Edd Hall
    • 88User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 4 Primetime Emmys
      • 7 wins & 43 nominations total

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    Jay Leno
    Jay Leno
    • Self - Host…
    • 1992–2014
    Kevin Eubanks
    Kevin Eubanks
    • Self - Musical Director…
    • 1992–2013
    Edd Hall
    Edd Hall
    • Self - Announcer…
    • 1992–2004
    John Melendez
    John Melendez
    • Self - Announcer…
    • 2004–2014
    Wally Wingert
    Wally Wingert
    • Self - Announcer…
    • 2010–2014
    Rickey Minor
    Rickey Minor
    • Self - Bandleader
    • 2010–2014
    Branford Marsalis Quartet
    Branford Marsalis Quartet
    • Themselves - Show Band…
    • 1992–2013
    Branford Marsalis
    Branford Marsalis
    • Self - Musical Director…
    • 1992–2007
    Robert Covarrubias
    Robert Covarrubias
    • Saddam Hussein…
    • 1993–2013
    Adam Smith
    • Self - Audience Liaison…
    • 2011–2014
    Shannon Ratigan
    • Self…
    • 1992–1999
    Julie Scardina
    • Self…
    • 1997–2013
    Nina Bergman
    Nina Bergman
    • Self - Guest
    • 2007
    Ross Mathews
    Ross Mathews
    • Self…
    • 2006–2013
    Terry Bradshaw
    Terry Bradshaw
    • Self…
    • 1993–2014
    Marvin 'Smitty' Smith
    • Drummer…
    • 2006–2014
    Jim Norton
    Jim Norton
    • Self - 'Shoulda'…
    • 2004–2014
    Bill Maher
    Bill Maher
    • Self…
    • 1993–2014
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews88

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    maXSepult

    Definitely not my favorite...

    I must say out of all late night shows, he's my least favorite. I guess what I hate the most, and I know many will agree, is when he tells a joke in the monologue and goes on for about 5 minutes about the same damn subject. Also I find his humour to sometimes be too patriotic. Although he does often have excellent guests, it doesn't make it a much better show...
    Movie-Guru

    Hilarious!...

    People underrate this show too much. I think its hilarious. Jay Leno may not write his jokes but hes damn good at telling them. His comedy is real subtle and in-your-face. Conan 'O Brian is just as funny, but his comedy is much different from Lenos, his is more childish (which is funny just the same) while Leno's is more sophisticated. Please people, don't underrate this show.
    famousgir1

    Keep Up The Good Work Jay Leno!

    The Tonight Show With Jay Leno is great. I have a couple of favourite US Late Night shows and Jay Leno is definitely one of my favourites and as I watch his show more and more, I begin to like to him more. His jokes are great and he's just one funny talk show host. I don't like that Kevin Eubanks though.
    Atreyu_II

    Jay Leno makes this show what it is

    "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" is a great television program/show (whatever you wanna call it). It is one of those American shows good to watch especially at night.

    This is a type of program which isn't intended to be a great production, ambitious, brilliant or artistic. It is made for pure fun and entertainment, ingredients which are very well combined. And all of this with Jay Leno's humor, which is funny and not dirty. Jay Leno is such a talented, cool and funny guy. He's perfect for this night show and he makes it a pleasant television experience. In fact, I think that this wouldn't be the same without him.

    I wonder if there's any celebrity that hasn't gone to Jay Leno's show yet. It is above all things a program where famous people go and talk to Jay Leno, with full audiences watching the show. In fact, the number of celebrities that already went to this show is countless.

    Conan O'Brien's show is an alternative to this one. Basically it is exactly the same thing (sceneries are equal and everything else). However, I personally prefer Jay Leno, so I recommend his show more than the show of Conan O'Brien.
    bigben5

    Best of late night

    If it's one thing Jay Leno does better than any of the late night comics I've seen it's that he is the best at recovering from a bad joke. His everyman's style is very appealing, relatable and funny. I also love the shows variety, its not uncommon for him to pull the rug out from under feet and make things funny out of weird and unusual situations. I love Jay's correspondence and both Jay and Kevin are good for bouncing off each other. Oh yes, and I also love the Headlines.

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    • Trivia
      On September 27, 2004, the 50th anniversary of The Tonight Show's debut, NBC announced that Conan O'Brien would take over the show in 2009. Leno was still leading the late-night ratings, but O'Brien was promised the show, so that he would not leave NBC. NBC did not want to lose Leno either, and created The Jay Leno Show (2009), the first nightly network primetime talk show. In 2010, due to poor ratings for both O'Brien and Leno's shows, NBC wanted to move Leno's show into O'Brien's timeslot, with O'Brien's "Tonight Show" airing at 12:05 a.m. O'Brien publicly announced that he would rather leave the show than allow that to happen. NBC and O'Brien reached a settlement to allow him to leave the show seven months into his tenure. Leno returned to "The Tonight Show" in March 2010.
    • Quotes

      [about Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers]

      Jay Leno: She called Bush "the most brilliant man I ever met." This is a woman we're hiring for her *judgment*?

    • Connections
      Edited into Playboy: The Best of Pamela Anderson (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Tonite
      (uncredited)

      Composed by Branford Marsalis

      (1992-2009)

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    • Release date
      • May 25, 1992 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Veče sa Džejem Lenoom
    • Filming locations
      • Studio 11, NBC Studios - 3000 W. Alameda Avenue, Burbank, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Big Dog Productions
      • Nelson Page Entertainment
      • Nerd Corps Productions V.1 Inc.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 2 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 1.78 : 1

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